Win Tickets ($100): Grammy Nominee Elle King @ Revolution Hall | w/ Catie Offerman, Rock, Country
We are giving away a pair of tickets to Elle King @ Revolution Hall on August 20. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed August 12.
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Elle King
August 20, 2024
Doors 7PM, Show 8PM | $50 | All Ages
More info: etix.com
Revolution Hall
1300 SE Stark St., Portland, OR
New York. London. LA. Firebrand. Punk. Renegade. Bold-faced icon. Startling songwriter. Grammy nominee. Pop sensation. Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Award winner. Record setter. Brash live force. Brazen recording artist. Spider monkey on a tear.
What if the story began with a banjo? With a residency trying to figure out writing songs? Perhaps a high gloss, but busted life and ultimately a secessionist raising in Jackson, Ohio? No wonder Elle King is hotter than a pepper sprout. Even more than ZFG attitude, there’s the forthright attack on a life lived frayed at the edges and pulling at the scenes. Sure, she had famous parents, but when it gets real for King, it all happens with her Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw in a scrappy Southern Ohio town that puts the “just” in getting by.
“Home isn’t a longitude, latitude or a place,” King begins, explaining what anchors the energetic songwriter. “It’s the fucking people. My grandfather was a carpenter who had a shed, where he always played country music. PawPaw always had a truck, some kind of Ford Ranger – and he had dogs that are mongrel dogs, typically used for hunting; they lived outside and barked their heads off.
“My Grandfather’s a hunter; everybody’s a hunter because they’re all poor and they eat everything they kill. Squirrel, deer, snapping turtle, whatever, people ate it all. (Back home) the coal mine shafts and factories closed down. My Grandfather was a railroad conductor for CSX, but it’s tough there but there’s a lot of beauty because it’s also a little untouched. The people have so much to them. My Maw-Maw worked hard to create a beautiful home and make us all feel loved. I say how proud I am about where I come from, because I see how they live, how hard they work, they dream. They party fucking hard and we laugh; we don’t cry unless we’re laughing. Not just my family, but the next generations of these smart people who know how to get by.”
It all permeates “Ohio,” the opening track on Come Get Your Wife. Banjo-plinking, yearning vocal, the wide-open suggests the pull of where – and how – she grew up. Intoning “Find me singing on a back porch swingin’/ Cur dogs barkin, left my dip in the kitchen/ That’s when it hit me… I’ve been gone to long,” King’s roots run deep and honest in the realm of country music.
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I would love to see her!
OMG!! my wife loved her music….. tickets please!
I love Elle! She’s such a bada**. Would love to see her live!
Fun. Yes please!
I would love to go.
This would be great show to take my daughter who loves Elle!
What a fun concert, I’d love to go.
Elle is awesome! I’d love to see her live!
Seen her once at Austin City Limits and it was awesome. Would love to see her again.
Love the sound of her voice and general swagger!
Elle King at my favorite Portland venue, yes please!
Luv her and all she stands for!
I saw her open up for a famous act about five years ago and she was fantastic even then! I’m sure she’s only better!
I love country music. I would love to see her.
It’s Elle Fucking King.
Would love to see her live!
One of my favorite singers! Boy would I love to see her live and take my Bestie while my hubby stays home. 🙂
Love Elle king!!
This would give me a date night with my SO. We’ve been unable to have for years!
Oh yeah baby. Time to party!